# Advanced Practitioner in Mental Health > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-practitioner-in-mental-health/5878c890-d89c-4a6f-a988-7ef783aa3839 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-practitioner-in-mental-health/5878c890-d89c-4a6f-a988-7ef783aa3839.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Prescot - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-17T13:42:18.798Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Whiston/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Nursing_Mental_Health/Community_Nursing_Mental_Health-v8085338 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8085338?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity within our Care Home Liaison Team in Knowsley for an Advanced Clinician (Registered Nurse- mental health). Knowsley Care Home liaison is an integrated team which supports the mental and physical health and wellbeing of care home residents to deliver an improved level of quality of care and patient safety for residents. Our aim is to support residents, families and carers to plan for future healthcare needs and to reduce the number of avoidable, non-elective hospital attendances, admissions and re-admissions. Opportunities for continuing professional development such as Master's modules are encouraged. Experience of dementia/ older adults/ care homes would be desirable. ### Main duties of the job - To utilise expert mental health professional skills to provide assessment, diagnosis, intervention and clinical guidance as appropriate, whilst responding to changes to the service user physical and mental health. - To formulate, implement and evaluate interventions with individuals and their carers where appropriate. - To make and receive referrals as an advanced autonomous practitioner. - To demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills within a defined area of expertise. - To critically appraise, evaluate and apply knowledge of theoretical frameworks and research evidence within a specialist area of practice. - Refer service users to other members of the multi-disciplinary team or specialisms as their needs require. - To use independent non-medical prescribing skills in the initiation and evaluation of treatment plans. - Establish consistent and evidence-based side-effect medication monitoring, acting and findings, as necessary. - To discharge from a specialist area of practice with an effective discharge plan of care in place. - To liaise with other services as required. - To refer for medical intervention as the service users’ needs require. - To make changes within the clinical practices of the specialist team based on evidence, policy and/or the identified needs of service users. - To ensure that clinical and non-clinical risk is identified ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See Job description and person specification attached. To be responsible for the specialist assessment of complex care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care using a high degree of autonomy and act as a named practitioner. To triage patients with highly complex needs. To undertake highly complex clinical assessments of patients/ service users within sphere of advanced practice. To determine a clinical diagnosis and make high level decisions regarding appropriate treatment/ care plans. Implement highly complex care/ interventions according to clinical need. Evaluate highly complex care /interventions based on evidence from clinical outcomes and best practice. To provide advanced clinical advice, support, training to patients/ service users, families, carers and professional colleagues to improve their journey and their health and wellbeing. To be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in your care. Registered practitioners who are non-medical prescribers are accountable for their prescribing activities by ensuring they are aware of their Professional accountability and any restrictions or special considerations in their prescribing practice. ## Job Details We have an exciting opportunity within our Care Home Liaison Team in Knowsley for an Advanced Clinician (Registered Nurse- mental health). Knowsley Care Home liaison is an integrated team which supports the mental and physical health and wellbeing of care home residents to deliver an improved level of quality of care and patient safety for residents. Our aim is to support residents, families and carers to plan for future healthcare needs and to reduce the number of avoidable, non-elective hospital attendances, admissions and re-admissions. Opportunities for continuing professional development such as Master's modules are encouraged. Experience of dementia/ older adults/ care homes would be desirable. ## Job Description To utilise expert mental health professional skills to provide assessment, diagnosis, intervention and clinical guidance as appropriate, whilst responding to changes to the service user physical and mental health. To formulate, implement and evaluate interventions with individuals and their carers where appropriate. To make and receive referrals as an advanced autonomous practitioner. To demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills within a defined area of expertise. To critically appraise, evaluate and apply knowledge of theoretical frameworks and research evidence within a specialist area of practice. Refer service users to other members of the multi-disciplinary team or specialisms as their needs require. To use independent non-medical prescribing skills in the initiation and evaluation of treatment plans. Establish consistent and evidence-based side-effect medication monitoring, acting and findings, as necessary. To discharge from a specialist area of practice with an effective discharge plan of care in place. To liaise with other services as required. To refer for medical intervention as the service users’ needs require. To make changes within the clinical practices of the specialist team based on evidence, policy and/or the identified needs of service users. To ensure that clinical and non-clinical risk is identified ## Responsibilities See Job description and person specification attached. To be responsible for the specialist assessment of complex care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care using a high degree of autonomy and act as a named practitioner. To triage patients with highly complex needs. To undertake highly complex clinical assessments of patients/ service users within sphere of advanced practice. To determine a clinical diagnosis and make high level decisions regarding appropriate treatment/ care plans. Implement highly complex care/ interventions according to clinical need. Evaluate highly complex care /interventions based on evidence from clinical outcomes and best practice. To provide advanced clinical advice, support, training to patients/ service users, families, carers and professional colleagues to improve their journey and their health and wellbeing. To be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in your care. Registered practitioners who are non-medical prescribers are accountable for their prescribing activities by ensuring they are aware of their Professional accountability and any restrictions or special considerations in their prescribing practice. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Experience in training other staff and providing clinical advice and consultation - Experience of delivering evidence -based care and best practice - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Experience of report writing and effective document - Evidence of professional development and updating of practice - Ability to travel within the requirements of the post - Willingness to work flexibly within the changing landscape and role as it develops - Ability to be innovative, creative, responsive and flexible **Desirable** - Development of policies / protocols and service guidelines ### Values **Essential** - Continuous Improvement - Accountability - Respectfulness - Enthusiasm - Support - High professional standards - Responsive to service users - Engaging leadership style - Strong customer service belief - Transparency and honesty - Discreet - Change oriented ### Knowledge **Essential** - A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights - A demonstrated understanding of the assessment and care needs of service users with complex needs - A demonstrated understanding of mental health legislation **Desirable** - Development of policies / protocols and service guidelines ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable post qualification experience - Evidence of clinical leadership - MDT working - Liaison with external agencies **Desirable** - Management of complex projects - Managing performance and quality ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC Registered as a Mental Health Nurse - On register for nonmedical prescribing - First level Degree in relevant professional subject **Desirable** - MSc in Advanced Practice ## Documents - [oh risk (pdf, 504.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10379930) - [job description (pdf, 346.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10384809) - [employee benefits (pdf, 950.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2853) - [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400) - [your recruitment journey (pdf, 291.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2941) - [our people promise and charter (pdf, 5.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2513) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.